How does data sonification from black holes and other cosmic phenomena enhance our ability to interpret high-energy astrophysical events beyond traditional visual methods?
Mr tyson and Mr. Nice, will you ever do a show in the UK? My family and I would definitely attend. I look forward to your response. Thank you and kind regards
I am not versed in this science at all just have a interest because of Sci-Fi movies but my answer, What would be measurement? I can't really explain why I say this, but my mind is trying to wrap my head around it and it is answering with measurements, especially with the fact its measured in sound from light. Trying to gain understanding.
i used to have a program that did this, based on pixel brightness and color playing the picture like a waterfall chart, never used it to scan a galaxy though, who knew this would become a field of science!
Data sonification of black holes and other cosmic phenomena offers a unique way to interpret high-energy astrophysical events by translating complex data into audible soundscapes. This method allows scientists to perceive patterns, frequencies, and variations that might be difficult to detect through visual analysis alone. By converting signals such as gravitational waves, X-ray emissions, or radio waves into sound, researchers can better explore the dynamics of black holes, star collisions, and other cosmic events. This auditory approach complements traditional visual methods, offering new perspectives and insights into the underlying processes of the universe.
i disagree, I like Chuck, but often find his jokes get in the way as soon as the meat of an explanation is told.. often cuts off the guest to get quips in.
About 12 years ago, I completed a Music and Sound Technology degree, and for my dissertation, I chose the subject of Sonification. It was awesome to learn about! I decided to map sound to datasets taken from the Ulysses mission, whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun. One dataset I mapped was entirely represented as white noise; as the dataset cycled through the white noise, all that could be heard was the distinctive sound of breathing. It was so cool! Being a bit poetic with the data, I wrote in my dissertation, "It's like I can hear the universe breathing." Writing the dissertation and building the program to translate the data into sound was a lot of fun!
i am a changed man - when i first tuned in to these videos, i did not like chuck - i didn't "get" him; i just thought he was annoying. now, i enjoy his quips, and, i really like his genuine curiosity and willingness to learn
I'm the opposite I knew of him for years but wondered how he'd fit in this show as a comedian.. his genuine interest,quick wit and love of science is awesome to see✌🏾
Similarly i used to truly dislike Dr Tyson...all id ever seen of him was small clips of him talking and i swear they ALWAYS clipped it just right to where he looked condescending and rude....so glad i found star talk for 1 to change my impressions of him but even more so bc well this talk show is awesome right?!?! 😂
0:09 But the real question is ‘Do chairs exist?’ 🪑 The Sounds of Space are hauntingly beautiful…Or are they?! _Music starts playing_ 🎶 Always love a StarTalk Live! ✨
1:10:11, for anyone wondering, the word Haptic comes from the Greek word Haptikos, which means “relating to the sense of touch”. It was borrowed into the English language in the 1700s from “New Latin” / Neo-Latin from the word Hapticē, which also means “sense of touch”. And basically the best way to alert someone of something through touch when already making contact with them is through a vibration. Therefore we got haptics being related to vibration with our phones.
Great video 🎉 Would you please make some 'shorts' with each 🎶 'sound of universe ✨️ '? (for people to share... maybe will get them to watch the whole episode, too) 😊 The universe is so beautiful, awe-some research, Kim🎶🌌. Thank you all 🎉😊
Just a correction. On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Geordi La Forge didn't lose his sight. He was born blind, so he never had it. It wasn't until he got the visor that he was able to see.
He does not actually say that though. You are referring to just before 21:00 - thanks for not including the time.... and all he said is that he was "previously blind" which is in fact the case for anyone who is born blind, then acquires sight
Wow. I really love this episode. I never knew this was a thing and I'm absolutely in love with this. I need to go and find ALL the space data sonifications now!
Awesome episode and Kimberly is a great guest. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her vast knowledge and the way she explained things. Really fascinating stuff.
I like how dark matter and dark energy are discussed in such a matter of fact way, when they are theoretical and their existence is being brought into question more now than ever. Also, which notes in the musical scale are assigned to which wavelengths and why?
I have never laughed at an episode of anything, so hard in my life! Chuck was looking from Neal's head, to the floor, and then to the crowd. I'm dying!
A musician would say that the music is made using only notes of a determined tone. They don't use all the 12 notes to create this sound, the result would not be nice to hear, but if we use only notes of a determinate tone, the result is harmonious.
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.” ― Albert Einstein
Arbitrarily assigning a sound to a wavelength of the electro-magneic spectrum is an interesting concept and a great new tool; however, even high school physics teaches that there is NO sound propagation through a vacuum - which space is, which I think should have been emphasized.
I liked the wavelength indicator added to the graphic that rolled up the page of the black hole field image. Looking for the wavelength indicating spike go up over different colored black holes helped me pick out the different sounds in the auditory feed; which sounded cool but was too cacaphonis to pick out specific tones without the visual aid.
Well, it's a choice. I found Startalk because space have fascinated me since I was a kid, but the government, politics and conspiracy theories.. not so much, no.
It would be supercool if Startalk could do an episode talking about the cards from the boardgame SETI. Maybe host someone who was involved in the development of the game.
This is cute. But I suggest they pick a certain orientation for the sound to be played. The way they did the first image bottom to top, then the second image left to right doesn't really make sense. Because then you'll always have to explain the orientation the sound is being played. My interpretation is that this is supposed to be similar to a sonar for photographs and light exposure. So why not "play" the sound from the epicenter (middle) put to the fringes of the images. I feel like it would help create a "traveling" sensation through the data, and also I can picture my mind creating the image as though my eyes were traveling through a tunnel of information that way. Left/right up/down seems a little too flat of a way to convey this information. What yall think?
Suddenly a question arises. When matter and anti-matter come together you get pure energy. If the universe implodes and everything comes back together, matter and anti-matter also come back together, that could release so much energy that it would cause another big bang (everything starts over again?)
Neil, re: your analogy of a black holes accretion disk material spiraling down like a "toilet bowl" made me think of finding out that drains spiral clockwise or counter-clockwise depending on if you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere of the Earth. A. Do all black holes spin the same direction, or are they all different depending on size or location to other large bodies? B. For that matter, does everything in the universe spin in the same direction? C. I know that the universe is expanding, but is it also spinning?
The toilet bowl spinning thing actually doesn’t change based on hemisphere- if the drain was large enough and drained for enough time, it would tend to that direction, but the volume of water in a toilet flush isn’t enough to reliably have it be true - but it’s an application of the coriolis effect just like how tropical storms spin differently in the N and S hemispheres In case Dr Tyson doesn’t find your comment, I can try to answer the questions you posed: all black holes supposedly spin (the Schwarzchild model is for static BHs, the Kerr BH model is for spinning ones; and it does some weird things to the shape of the event horizon with fast spins), but the spin orientation depends on the spin of the star that ‘created’ it as well as the angular momentum of all objects that fall onto it. All stars, black holes, planets, etc. all spin in different orientations, based on initial spin (which will be different) and all accreted matter’s momentum As for if the universe itself is spinning… that’s one I don’t believe we can answer for certain. If there was any initial spin, it’s possible inflation wouldn’t reduce the spin to 0, but also possible it would. And if everything in the universe seems to rotate, it’s not unreasonable to think that through the geometry of spacetime this angular momentum would be imparted to the universe. I feel, though, that this question may not be answerable unless we exited the universe to look at it from the outside; but it’s fascinating to consider!
So is the reason why we evolved eyes that can see visible light because that’s what came through the atmosphere? If other light had difficulty making it through, then we evolved to see the light that was available?
Great talk. Have someone considered to reproduce Herschel’s experiment with an infrarred camera? Because I did and the infrarred part of the spectrum wasn’t the hottest, how can that be explaided?
